Confectionery-holder.



PATENTBDMAY 19, 1908..

C. E. GREENE.

i GON'FBGTIONBRY HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED IAB. 20, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENToEETcE.

CHARLES E. GREENE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO E. H. VAVRA & CO, OF CHICAGO, y ILLINOIS, A COPARTNERSHIP.

CONFECTIONERY-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. GREENE, a

" citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confectionery-Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the drawing, is a description.

My invention has for its object the production of a holder for confectionery, and is designed to be used in packing caramels or other candies into boxes or the like, and to keep each piece of candy separated from the other, without being wrapped as has heretofore been the case.

, These holders or crates may be made of any kind of paper suitable for the purpose, and of any size desired, depending upon the size of the box into which they are to be placed;

My invention is exceedingly cheap and simple and can be cut from paper with practically no waste material being left over and when formed into shape provides a separate compartment for each candy, which may be placed into the box in much shorter time than is required to wrap each piece of candy separately as has heretofore-been the case.

I have illustrated the preferred form of construction in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that changes in form, Size, proportion and other minor details may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, and in these drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention showing the upturned edges of the holder forming separate compartments; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the holder is formed, the edges lying flat, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder.

In carrying out my invention A represents the blank from which the holders are formed, and which is an elongated strip of waxed paper of any kind suitable for the purpose. These strips may be of any length desired to fit into the box into which they are to be packed.

The center of the strip A forms the bottom of the holder and a corner a is iirst cut out of the strip upon one side thereof. The end of the strip is scored across the bottom of said holder a, so that in use the end thereof a? may be folded upwardly to extend ,at right angles to the bottom A. The end piece a2 is made of any height desired to suit the Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1907. Serial No. 363,510.

Patented May 19, 1908.

candy to be placed therein, and the sides of said holder are made of the same height. The opposite side of the bottom A at` the same 'end thereof is cut away as shown at b, Fig. 2, thecut away portion extending across what would be one section or compartment of the holder. For the purpose of illustration we will say that each compartment is to be one inch square and three eighths of an inch in height.

The blanklA 1s scored or weakened along a line extending lengthwise upon each side thereof as shown by dotted lines at b, b2, each of these lines in this case extending one inch in length, and then extending at right angles to the edge of the blank as at b3, b4.

Alternating with each of the weakened lines b, b3 and b2, b4 the blank is cut a corresponding distance as represented by the linesc, c and c2, c3. When the blanks are thus scored and cut as indicated in Fig. 2, each side piece is turned upwardly at right angles to the bottom A, and the strips d, d are bent at right angles to the side pieces e, e and extend across the bottom A, forming the par titions as shown in Fig` 1.

In arranging these holders side by side the compartments alternate with each other so that the closed side of one compartment will fit the open side of the other'thereby completing the four sides of the partition for each compartment, and as they are piled one above the other the bottom of one holder forms the top of the next one and so on until the box is filled, when a space is provided for each candy or other article to be contained therein.

I olaimz 1. A confectionery holder formed of a single sheet of material, said sheet being scored longitudinally along lines forming the bottom edges of the holder, the side portions being bent upwardly, and each of said side portions being cut at predetermined distances and bent at right angles to the sides thereof and across the bottom to form a plurality of compartments.

2. A confectionery holder formed of a single piece of material having the sides alternately out and scored along lines parallel to and at right angles with the longitudinal center thereof, the scored portion on one side being opposite to the cut portion on the op osite side of the bottom, said side pieces being bent upwardly and the loose portions of compartments, substantially as described.

3. In a confectionery holder the oombination of a' plurality oi oom artment holders arranged side by side an one above the other", said holders and the partitions therein 10 being formed from a single pieoe of material -tle edges of each holder being scored, out

and bent at right angles to the bottom thereof to form the partitions for each oompartment, said holders being arranged side by jl 5 side so that the upturned edgeof one holder iits the o ening left by the upwardly bent portion o' the holder next to' it7 substanf tially as described.

4. In a confectionery holder the combination of a plurality of compartment holders arranged side by side and one above the other, the edges of each holder being scored along lines parallel to the longitudinal center of the holder, the side portions being' out and bent upwardly at right angles to the bottom thereof, the closed side of one compartment i'itting the open side of the onenext to it, and the bottom of one holder forming the top of the one below it7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have signed thismg() specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES E` GREENE. Witnesses:

CHAs. MINERS, WM. BAHLMAN. 

